'I always knew God would lead me into ministry at some point'

1:47 AM,
Mar. 29, 2014

On Sunday, Andrew Shearer, 41, will be installed as pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Chillicothe.

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After 2½ years without a permanent pastor, Tabernacle Baptist Church will install one Sunday.

Andrew Shearer was recommended by the church's pastoral search team and approved by the congregation in January. The post marks a return to Ohio for the Cedarville native, who spent 13 years working as an engineer for Boeing's satellites division in California before fulfilling his lifelong goal of becoming a pastor.

"I grew up in the home of a pastor and came to Christ at an early age," said Shearer, 41. "I always knew God would lead me into ministry at some point." ...